Plans to build a new Lidl in Kingston Park could be signed off this week, despite the protests of two supermarket rivals.
Newcastle City Council will rule on Friday whether a Lidl can be built in Beaminster Way East, with the German discount retailer promising to create 40 jobs with the move. Under proposals that look set for approval ahead of a planning committee meeting, the new store would be built on the vacant former site of a HGV driver training centre next to the area’s existing B&M.
Both Tesco and Aldi have lodged objections against the Lidl development, however, claiming it would compete against existing supermarkets around Kingston Park and cause traffic problems.
